Lacaille 9352 c


Lacaille 9352 c or GJ 887 c is an exoplanet announced in 2020 and located 10.74 light years away, in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.
It was detected using the radial velocity method from observations with HARPS in Chile and HIRES in Hawaii.

Characteristics

Lacaille 9352 c is considered a Super-Earth with a minimum mass of 7.6 Earth masses.
With an orbital period of 21.8 days, the exoplanet is located at 0.12 AU from the star, which is close to the inner edge of the habitable zone.
The exoplanet has a calculated equilibrium temperature of.

Host star

The planet orbits the red dwarf star Lacaille 9352, which has an age of 4.57 billion years.